It wouldn’t be Lismore without the lanterns and it wouldn’t be solstice unless hundreds lined the streets mid-winter to see the incredible homage to light!
As ever there was a wonderful spectrum of ideas – this year a ‘Costa’ lamp accompanied the ‘Dirt Girl’ and a light in a cage, a poignant reminder on the last day of Refugee Week, that not everyone gets to celebrate community events in the way they would like to.
The 25th Lismore Lantern Parade started at the corner of Market and Molesworth Streets and traveled with kids and parents, dancers, bands and amazing illuminated sculptures, all the way to The Quad.
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